Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-06

T. heing TO have been made Tor no higher
purpose than Ia enjoy his GOd-Ilke iaCu!-
ties in mastering laws OF trade; III organ
iZing and carrying to successful issue great
business enterprises; TO accumulate riches;
TO become millionaire. Neither do
believe that the achievement of renown-
the winning of high Office. and the exercise
OF the prerogatiyes of the same-S Il pur-
pose worthy mans being Nor is there i'll
all the realms OF science, or the world of
letters, a purpose that would Justify the
outlay ot material, thought and creative
power essential to mans creation. | am
fully aware that in the field ot literature,
science and philosophy there j. a chsnrr
for the highest play and fullest sweep Of
the intellectual lacult'" that hy brilliant
achievements IN these fields names have
been made immortal but mark you, in
all this the spiritual faculties have lain aS
dead. Thnu. ii there Tx no higher purpose
tur human life, why bestow upon a crel-
tUrc powers for which he will have no use,
and these inward faculties the very high
est of his nature? IL in none NJ these
things enumerated there can hc
found An object worthy oi our
natures then how unworthy of
us-whet = sad pciversion and drgra-
datjnn ot the divine powers of our minds
and hcartS-lt IL 10 make personal ease
and the delight ot sense the Suprcm, mo
tive Of life
Concluding, Rev. Hit said.
The world j. reaching out its hand.
imploring your help. Despair cries to you
Ia hiring it hops; Ignorance Is looking Ia
you Tor knowledge; Grici teartnlly asks
your sympathy, Sickness and Want call
plaintvely t. You for assistance; cnslavvd
and guilty Souls must die in their chains
and guilt unless liberated and saved hy
you. Confronted aS you are III this yonr
dW and generation by such serious
ana sacrou claims upon y"ur life,
who among you rIn hc indifferent? Who
among You will prove rrcrrnt Ia this sl-
cred obligation laid upon you by that Goi
whose We atr, and before whose searching
gaze we mu>; stand and he Judged IN the
final day? You dare not ritter life away;
You will not. Earthly hnuorS and earthly
riches, and the vain pleasures uT s,usr--
what are they for which tn barter away in
tcrcsta ~ precious, Those Years oi train
ing have fitted yuu Tor - course of useful
ness and blessing. The symbol ol scholar
ship which yuu are S0 soon tO rccriVC ~ not
the prize iur which you have been striving
al these years. Neither Is II the thing il
stands for, in Itself, the linll object of your
yrars OF study 1t is What it prepares l"u
to do for yourself and Tor others in the
years to come. that has been your object
,pl i..I.
action. l.ri 10 time hc lest. Let not the
splendid gifts aud Large capacities for doing
good lie waste.
"Itisr' The Master has come, and cIllrth
Tor thee. Duty nerves yOu on la lIii up
the fallen, warn the rrring, wipe the scald
ing tears from the paIlid check of grict and
woe. Reach helping hand Ia such * are
tOttering on the verge OF the abyss oi end.
less ruin. Live ~ that you will br missed
when 'Lilc's pitiful fever is over Sway
such an influence for good 50 employ the
hcniiicrnt powers with which you are en-
dowrd thai the world will feel itself The
poorer indeed i'll your death, hut the llcl-
cr in your life. 1t need not trouble You
though no monumental stone,
carved with latiling "ulo.y
descriptive OF y0uI virtues, II" erected over
your grave. Build your monuments =,
YOU 20. Build them nl human lives made
better and happier by what You did ior
them. Rather ;han depend on th" r'umh
! linz stone (" perpetual" your memory on
earth, let that memory he pcrPciaatcd by
YOU virtues becoming part oi the warp
and wO0f Of immortal s0mis about you, and
~ live tttI
- ni!, "iN wh,"-ti"d shall g. =" iiVhL
I'r nInhe' tlnEss Of darkn,N'' ana y"n,
''sh''h 'h"ri IId the radirni pIorl ls"i S"hr-
-pItt worId, Silli .. E0ng hrhi-
behold the g.lrncrcd results of y"ur life Of
holy cndcavOr"